tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post3927290703145349638..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Interesting FigureStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-57114451695161888682012-01-07T10:22:27.425-08:002012-01-07T10:22:27.425-08:00Soil moisture is highly dependent on evapotranspir...Soil moisture is highly dependent on evapotranspiration (ET) the rate of which, in the abscence of plants, is largely governed by ambient air conditions above the soil surface which, one would expect to be roughly some proportional constant given the soil matrix and enviro conditions in the soil and above it. Plants in the system change the whole dynamics though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186662669399730397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-53228552918947686262012-01-02T11:01:17.706-08:002012-01-02T11:01:17.706-08:00Temperature will also play a role. These data were...Temperature will also play a role. These data were probably collected at a constant temperature. Outside on a sunny day, soil, especially bare soil, can be much warmer than the air. Quoting James Lovelock (The Vanishing Face of Gaia, p. 51) "..at temperatures above about 75 F, rainwater evaporates rapidly enough to leave the land dry between rainstorms.."Mike Aucotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692592170835103639noreply@blogger.com